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    		• White, Lewis J.,
     
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    		• J. N. White & Sons,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Dover
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    White, Lewis J., sculptor.
    J. N. White & Sons, fabricator.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Soldiers Memorial, (sculpture).
    Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 19, 1912.
    Medium: 
    Top figure: bronze; Side figures: bronze; Base: Barre granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Top figure: approx. 13 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. 5 in.; Side figures: each approx. 7 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft. 1 in. x 2 ft. 5 in.; Base: approx. 28 ft. 4 in. x 14 ft. 7 in. x 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper right side of bronze base of sailor:) GORHAM CO FOUNDERS (On bronze plaque on front of base:) IN COMMEMORATION/OF THE/MEN OF DOVER/WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/ON LAND AND SEA/IN THE/WAR FOR THE UNION (On lower front of base, raised letters:) 1861 - 1865/DOVER (On bronze plaque on back of base:) PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF DOVER/BY THEIR COMRADE/DANIEL HALL/1912/"DULCE ET DECORUM EST/PRO PATRIA MORI" unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    At the top of the monument is a standing figure of mustached flag bearer dressed in a Union military uniform consisting of a thigh-length coat and brimmed cap. He stands with his proper left arm around a flagpole with flag furled, while his proper right hand reaches over to grasp a sword at his proper left side. At the base of the monument, the flag bearer is flanked on his proper left by a infantryman with a rifle and on his proper right by a sailor who once held a sword. Both figures are dressed in Union military uniforms and each rests atop a short granite base. The infantryman stands holding his riffle barrel clenched in both hands with the rifle butt resting near his proper right foot. The sailor walks forward with is proper right foot and rests his proper right hand on his belt. His proper right hand grasps the hilt of a sword that is now missing. The middle part of the monument originally had four Quincy granite spheres representing cannon ball, but they are now missing. An eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a bunch of arrows with its talons, adorns the front of the monument. The top of the monument has a capstone decorated with a band of stars and a shield. The entire monument is surrounded by a low curb.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure group -- Male
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Occupation -- Military -- Sailor
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Dover
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Dover, Finance and Purchasing Department, 228 Central Avenue, Dover, New Hampshire 03820
    Located Locust Street, between Dover Public Library & Dover Junior High School, Dover, New Hampshire
    Remarks: 
    This monument was presented to the City of Dover by Daniel Hall, a Barrington, New Hampshire native, who in 1861, became Secretary to the Committee on Naval Affairs. The monument cost approximately $10,000 and was designed by Lewis J. White. The figures of the infantryman and sailor were fabricated by the Gorham Manufacturing Company.
    IAS files contain related articles from Foster's Weekly Democrat and Dover Enquirer, March 15, 1912, pg. 1 and Oct. 25, 1912; The Portsmouth Herald, Oct. 21, 1912; and The Union (Manchester, New Hampshire), Oct. 19, 1912. IAS files also contain an excerpt from David Ruell's "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire," Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1980, pg. 90-92.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Union (Manchester, NH), Oct. 19, 1912.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS NH000249
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